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Golden Globe-winning GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL is currently $11.99 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JAQJNN0/

Although presumably Criterion will do it better eventually...

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12362760)

how was it?

Great as usual.

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12362652)

We don't have a US BD for Tideland yet. That was an interesting one. Canada get one?

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Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 12362854)

Great as usual.

I thought I was the only person who liked Tideland.

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Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 12362366)

$11.99 now!

Gotta compete with Best Buy.

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Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12362930)

I thought I was the only person who liked Tideland.

Tideland was the bomb, yo!

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Originally Posted by mekeez (Post 12361997)

Not a blu-ray and we were lucky to get this BBC TV miniseries of Pride and Prejudice even on a dvd, but the Elizabeth Garvie (Elizabeth) version is the truest adaptation to the book and it is now available free on Amazon Prime instant video. Judge for yourself, but I know the book very well and this is the closest by far and well done by non-name actors.

I'll have to do that, since I do have Amazon Prime.

P&P is my most-read book (and I can quote lines from it) and I've seen and enjoyed other miniseries versions of the story. The reason I prefer the 1995 version is not because it hews closely to JA's wonderful dialog — it does not — but, rather, because of the production values, screenwriting, and acting (especially Mrs. Bennet: Alison Steadman nails the character, but all the roles are superbly acted including Darcy and Elizabeth). The cinematography is gorgeous, as are the locations and sets.

Screenwriting is different from novel writing and a good screenplay has to capture the spirit of the original while still making a good movie/series. The people responsible for the 200th anniversary version of the story did a masterful job. By way of example, Austen never wrote a scene with male dialog unless ladies were present. She wrote only what she knew and that didn't include what men say to one another when they are by themselves. To make the P&P (1995) screenplay work better there were some male character only dialog scenes added. My favorite line from P&P (1995) isn't even in the book, but captures the essence of the scene and characters perfectly.

Because the P&P (1995) version of the story ends with the wedding, after I watch it I always pull out my copy of the book and read the final chapter (Ch 61: "Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.") to savor Austen's very humorous description of what happened after that.

Another example of screenwriting being a different beast from novels is in the Harry Potter series. My favorite book in the series is Goblet of Fire but it is, by far, my least favorite of the movies because it was abridged out of all recognition. By contrast, my least favorite of the books, Order of the Phoenix, became my favorite of the movies because the very long book was helped by the condensing to movie length and the screen version was outstanding.

So, when I say I think P&P (1995) is the best screen adaptation of a novel ever, I don't mean that it is the most faithful to the original text but that it does the best job of translating the spirit of the story to the screen. IMHO, of course, I'm sure others have their own favorite novel adaptations.

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Originally Posted by jwstl (Post 12361674)

...How's the blu-ray version of Pride and Prejudice? That sounds like something I would be interested in

One of the nice things about the BD version of the series is that it is VASTLY better than the many DVD versions. The BD was made from a master newly made from the original negative, unlike the DVDs. The colors on the BD are lovely, in contrast to the very washed-out colors of the DVDs. There is a special feature on the BD set that shows screen wipes of the difference between the DVDs and BDs and it is stunning. After seeing the BDs you'll never want to watch the DVDs again. It is worth mentioning that the series was shot in 16 mm widescreen, so it adapts well to 16:9 screens. Some of the DVDs are cropped for 4:3 screens.

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Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12362930)

I thought I was the only person who liked Tideland.

I'm rather close with my HD-DVD version. :)

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I also loved Tideland.

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Grand Budapest Hotel is at $5.99!

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Secret Life of Walter Mitty is $4.99.

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Looks like that's the price at Best Buy right now. Amazon currently has it for $27.99. But I'm guessing Amazon will soon pricematch.

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Originally Posted by trespoochies (Post 12367885)

Looks like that's the price at Best Buy right now. Amazon currently has it for $27.99. But I'm guessing Amazon will soon pricematch.

If that's for the 2 titles above, they have pricematched. You'll have to click on the other available new options to see the discounted option to purchase.

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^Correct

I also picked up Don Jon for $4.99.

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Life of Pi (BD+DVD+Digital) is $4.99, currently on 10 - 12 day shipping, just pick Amazon.com as the seller.
Source Code is $5. As is Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Romancing The stone, 3:10 to Yuma (remake), Young Guns, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Romeo and Juliet (1996), Risky Business, etc;
As is Michael Bay's The Island.

$4.99:
There's something about Mary
Hot Tub Time Machine

$5.99:
The Heat (2013)
A Good Day to Die Hard
Hoosiers
Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief
The A-Team
Serendipity
Hitman
The Sandlot
Transporter
Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tide

Actually most catalog titles from Fox and WB seem to be. These prices about standard now?

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Damn, The Grand Budapest Hotel is down to $5.99 already? Pretty damn cheap compared to the $20 I paid when it came out and it hasn't even been out a year. I may pick up The Internship for $4.99. Not a great film but sort of a guilty pleasure and I found it sort of fun.

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Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12369398)

Actually most catalog titles from Fox and WB seem to be. These prices about standard now?

Not sure, but maybe Amazon is competing with Best Buy's recent sale of $4.99 Fox titles.

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I'll wait until the Criterion version of Grand Budapest hits. I may as well put that $5.99 towards instead of getting it now.

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Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12369398)

Actually most catalog titles from Fox and WB seem to be. These prices about standard now?

I would guess it's more about Fox attempting to pare down their existing Blu-ray inventory. Fox will continue to move further and further away from Blu-ray.

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Dance with Wolves 20th anniversary is priced to sell at $5.99. It's fully loaded, too. Unsure if there's new material.

http://www.amazon.com/Dances-Two-Dis...CAQTMPCK0X9MTZ

The new cover art cracks me up, though. :lol:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L._SL1500_.jpg

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Could somebody replace Kevin with Meg Ryan on the horse and then call the movie City Of Wolves?

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That's gotta be an early April fool's cover or something, right? Right?

:lol:

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Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 12370823)

They've had those MGM covers at Best Buy for a while, I believe it's just a single sheet of paper over the normal cover under the shrink wrap.

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Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 12370823)

Dance with Wolves 20th anniversary is priced to sell at $5.99. It's fully loaded, too. Unsure if there's new material.

Amazon also recommended me the following at $5.99:

Platoon
Silence of the Lambs
The Usual Suspects